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Elvis Vance Potts

Elvis Vance Potts

Nov 13, 2020

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Elvis Vance Potts, age 74, passed away Friday, November 13, at his home in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 16, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Mt. Liberty Cemetery near Water Valley, MS. The family will receive friends beginning at...

Brenda Jo Heathcock

Brenda Jo Heathcock

Nov 12, 2020

Brenda Jo Sullivan Heathcock, age 63, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at her home in Oxford, MS. 

Funeral services for Brenda will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Sardis Lake Baptist Church. The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 prior to the service. Interment will be...

Sonny Jennings

Sonny Jennings

Nov 11, 2020

Alfred "Sonny" Eugene Jennings, age 91, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven, MS. 

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS.

Sonny was born February 9, 1929, in Vance, MS to the late Thomas Arthur and Opal Tabb Jennings. He...

Murray Randall Wilson

Murray Randall Wilson

Nov 11, 2020

Murray Randall "Randy" Wilson, age 66, passed away Wednesday evening, November 11, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

There will be a memorial service held for Randy at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at Central Academy Church of Christ. The family will receive friends at 1:00 prior to the service. Rev. Ed Casteel will officiate.

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John D. Aldison

John D. Aldison

Nov 10, 2020

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John D. "Duck" Aldison, age 86, passed away Tuesday morning, November 10, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.

The private family service will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 12, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Longtown Cemetery in Crenshaw, MS.

Duck was born...

Barbara Onkst McCarley

Barbara Onkst McCarley

Nov 8, 2020

Barbara Catherine Onkst McCarley, age 89, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020, at her home in Batesville, MS. Ms. McCarley was the widow of the late Harold Bell McCarley, Sr.

The family will have a private graveside service. 

Barbara was born on March 17, 1931 to the late Robert Monroe Onkst and Nora Catherine Eubanks Onkst in Panola County....

Dinah Mitchell Dugger

Dinah Mitchell Dugger

Nov 8, 2020

Due to the recent spike in the COVID-19 pandemic, the family ask that mask be required for visitation tonight, Wednesday, November 11.

Dinah Mitchell Dugger, age 74, passed away Sunday morning, November 8, 2020, at the Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS.

A private family graveside service will be held Thursday morning at Magnolia Cemetery for Dinah. The...

Earlie Gene Moore

Earlie Gene Moore

Nov 4, 2020

Earlie Gene Moore, age 82, passed away Wednesday morning, November 4, 2020 at his home in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 7, 2020, at Willow Springs Assembly of God Church with interment to follow at Bethel Cemetery near Enid, MS. The family will be receiving friends two hours prior to the service at the church....

David Dale Pruett

David Dale Pruett

Nov 1, 2020

David Dale Pruett, age 65, passed away at this home in Covington, TN. on November 1, 2020. He was the husband of Deborah M. Pruett.

Funeral services for David will be held at 11:30 on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at Faith Baptist Church in Lambert with visitation beginning at 9:30. Interment will be held at Marks Cemetery. Rev. John Roberson...

Shelby Gene Brower

Shelby Gene Brower

Nov 1, 2020

Shelby Gene Brower, of Coffeeville, passed away at the age 65 on November 1, 2020 in Yalobusha County. 

There will be a memorial service held for Shelby at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at New Hope Baptist Church in Coffeeville, MS. 

Shelby was born on June 30, 1955 to the Lillian Juanita Williams Brower and the...

Louise Aldridge

Louise Aldridge

Oct 30, 2020

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Virginia Louise Aldridge, known affectionately as Mama Louise, age 92, passed away Friday, October 30, 2020 at her home in Crowder.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 1, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Center Hill Cemetery in Courtland, MS. The family will...

Robert Pearson Finley

Robert Pearson Finley

Oct 26, 2020

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Robert P. Finley was born March 2, 1932 in Tupelo, MS and passed away on October 26th at the home of his son, Chris Finley, in Fort Worth, TX. He was the son of George Robert Finley and Ola Belle "Peachie" Turner Finley.

Funeral services will be 2:30 P.M. Saturday, November 7, 2020, in the...

Brenda Dixon

Brenda Dixon

Oct 18, 2020

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Brenda Kaye Collins Dixon, age 66, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.

Funeral services for Brenda will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS....

Hazel Hawkins

Hazel Hawkins

Oct 18, 2020

Hazel Price Hawkins, age 98, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

Hazel was born on December 19, 1921 to the late Frank Price and Lottie Alma Wilson Price in Mississippi. She was a homemaker during her lifetime and ran an at-home daycare for children in Clarksdale, where she resided for many...

Richard Gilbert Gorman

Richard Gilbert Gorman

Oct 17, 2020

Richard Gilbert Gorman, age 77, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2020 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.

Richard was born on October 20, 1942 to the late George Gilbert and Clara Latham Gorman in Alabama. Before he retired, he worked as a mechanic at MMC Materials. He was a simple man who loved and cared for his wife,...

Mary Catherine Halford

Mary Catherine Halford

Oct 13, 2020

Mary Catherine "Cathy" Halford, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital- Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS.

Cathy was born on December 19, 1955 to the late Cleon and Catherine Whitehead Bowman in Franklin County, MS. She worked as a cashier and was a member of the Leflore Baptist Church.

Those left behind to...

Doris Shields

Doris Shields

Oct 12, 2020

Doris McGee Shields, age 79, went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 12, 2020.

Funeral services for Doris will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at Shiloh United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m....

Bobbie Jean Dickey

Bobbie Jean Dickey

Oct 9, 2020

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Bobbie Jean Dickey, age 90, passed away Friday, October 9, 2020, at her home in Batesville, MS. Ms. Dickey is the widow of the late Joseph D. Dickey.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, October 11, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery...

Dr. Deck Stone

Dr. Deck Stone

Oct 6, 2020

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Dr. Deck Stone, age 90 of Batesville, passed away on October 6, 2020 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.

Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Thursday, October 8, 2020 at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville, MS with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service. The interment will follow at Magnolia...

Nell Dykes

Nell Dykes

Oct 6, 2020

Barbara Nell Aldison Dykes, age 78, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at the North Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.

Graveside service will be 9:00 A.M. Thursday morning, October 8, 2020 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Sardis, MS with the family receiving friends at the cemetery prior to the service at 8:30 A.M.

Nell was born July 4,...

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